Animas Lunch Report – 10/27/15 – First Frost Goodbye hoppers, it has been fun casting your imitations to willing trout this late into October. The first frost came and visited us last night and with it, and end to terrestrial season. Bring on the wood stove fires. Bring on the extra layers and the hot…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/22/15 – Deluge Rob and I made a quick spey mission of our lunch break today. The plan was to scarf some food and book it to the Animas for a few swings through some select runs and then book it back. A 509 cfs and about 2 feet of clarity;…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/19/15 – Explore Colorado The rain this past weekend changed things up a bit; it now actually feels like fall out there. The rain also caused a little spike in the flows on the Animas which is at 367 cfs right now and climbing. Like us this past weekend, you should…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/16/15 – The End? Is this weekend going to be the end of our Indian summer? With precip on the forecast, only time will tell. Temps will be dropping to the 60’s tomorrow and you can always anticipate snow in the high country with rain down low. Ahead of the cooling…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/13/15 – It’s a Summer Kind of Fall One thing you don’t expect to see this time of year is the rubber hatch. Well with these pleasant days of sun and high 70’s, it seems that locals are taking full advantage of the good flows and warm weather to make an…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/12/15 – Not Steelhead So it was exactly one year ago that I made a trek up to the great Pacific Northwest to try my hand at steelheading (read more here). The DIY ethic was strong on this trip and it showed with amount of fish caught: none. However, I did…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/5/15 – Stay warm with…SOCKS! That’s right, socks! Imagine that. Who knew that wearing socks under your waders will keep your feet warm when you step into cold fall rivers. And we just so happen to have the niftiest socks around… Behold the RepYourWater Trout Socks. (BUY HERE) These merino wool…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/2/15 – A Blaze In The Northern Sky The first sunset of October reminds us that there are only a few days left before the frosts of Autumn. Gone will be wet wading, hoppers, and the fair hatches of summer. Get out there this weekend and enjoy all that fall has…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/29/15 – Fall Colors Now, and I mean right now is the time for Fall colors in Southwest Colorado. Drop what you are doing, get your gear, jump in your car, and get to your favorite piece of water. The fall colors are popping and there is no better time to…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/25/15 – Bullwinkle I have been out of the shop for about a week now (trip back to the midwest to visit family), and today was my first day back. I should have known it was going to be an interesting day when my commute involved an Animas River moose sighting.…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/15 – Goodbyes and Hellos As you may or may not have heard by now; our shop manager Kyle has left us. That’s right, Kyle is gone. He up and packed his bags, loaded up the family, and headed back east to settle in Wisconsin; close to extended family. We commend…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/8/15 – Grammar Assassins Do you know any grammar assassins? “What is a grammar assassin?” you may ask. A grammar assassin (much like a real life assassin), is someone who lies in wait, biding their time, awaiting the ideal moment to strike. Once you make that fatal [grammar] mistake, the grammar…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/1/15 – Watch Your Backcast Watching your backcast helps aid fly casting in a few ways: it assists with the timing of your forward cast and it also prevents you from putting your fly into trees, bushes, or your guides nose. It’s always good to watch your backcast from time to time. The…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/31/15 – Baby Crayfish You fish crayfish patterns don’t you? You should if you don’t. Always. This past weekend’s local lake report is in from Duranglers own shop ninja Derek Ems. The report: Baby Crayfish. Trout are absolutely destroying them. If you don’t have any in your box…you should. Barry’s Carp…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/28/15 – The Last Weekend Well, we are rolling into the last weekend of the summer months. Up next, September (which some of us call our favorite month to be on the water). If you are not heading out for the archery season opener tomorrow, then you should get out and…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – It’s Shocking I will give you the bad news first: fishing on the Animas probably won’t be great this week. The DOW has been and will be shocking the Animas River for the next few days through town to gauge the fish count. This fish count has been demanded…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/24/15 – High Country Boats The short of it is that Duranglers guide Les spends his winters in North Carolina building boats (aka skiffs, aka drift boats) with High Country Boats. Well the other half of the boat building operation, Matt and Shannon spent some time on the Animas River with Les…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/21/15 – Someone Turned Out The Lights Seriously. Because for the past few days, the Animas has been fishing lights out. Either the mine spill reset the Animas, the lack of fishing pressure has them hot, or there is no bugs and the trout are starving…ok it isn’t the last one…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/18/15 – Trout are Hungry! It could be because they have not been fished at in over a week, but the trout on the Animas are very hungry right now. While there are areas of heavy metal sentiment that should be avoided, the fishing (and the waterc clarity) on the Animas…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/14/15 – The Animas is Open! The Sheriffs Department has re-opened the Animas river to recreational use! READ PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT HERE Please also read the San Juan Basin Health Animas River Health Advisory. READ HERE Check out the Durango Herald Announcement as well. Andy – Even if you don’t want to fish the…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/12/15 – Before and After – It’s Complex So yesterday, we sent out a before and after photo of the Animas. For the most part, the response was very positive (we saw more shares of this post than any others in Duranglers history of using social media). But a few people…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/11/15 –2015 Dos Mosca Recap With most of the past week’s talk focused on the Animas this past week, we didn’t want to gloss over our yearly fly fishing tournament benefiting the local chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. For those that don’t know, Dos Mosca of course means “2 fly”.…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/10/15 – What’s Going to Happen??? “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien What’s going to happen with the Animas!!? We have been asked this question nonstop for the past 5 days. I am going to…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/31/15 – The Heat is On With the dropping flows and increasing temps, the heat is on. Midday, the Animas the water has been rising above 65 degrees and the fishing is turning off. Please attempt to avoid fishing in the hottest parts of the day, the heat and pressure is…
